Every man is somebody because he is a child of God.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the inherent worth of every individual as a creation of God.
Martin Luther King, Jr. suggests that every person possesses intrinsic value and dignity simply by being a child of God. This perspective encourages respect and recognition for each individual's humanity, encouraging us to see beyond societal status and to appreciate everyoneβs unique worth.
In practice
In a discussion about self-worth, one might say, 'Every man is somebody because he is a child of God.'
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.
Music is the best consolation for a despaired man
We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
Liberty consists in doing what one desires.
If there is only empty space, with no suns nor planets in it, then space loses its substantiality.
The task for sociology is to come to the help of the individual. We have to be in service of freedom. It is something we have lost sight of.
I find daily life not always joyous, but always interesting. I have some sad days and nights, but none that are dull. As I advance deeper into the vale of years, I live with constantly increasing gusto and excitement. I am sure it all means something; in the last analysis, I am an optimist because I believe in God. Those who have no faith are quite naturally pessimists and I do not blame them.
Protestants believe that the sacraments are like ladders that God gave to us by which we can climb up to Him. Catholics believe that they are like ladders that God gave to Himself by which He climbs down to us.
Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed,_x000D_ _x000D_ Less pleasing when possest;_x000D_ _x000D_ The tear forgot as soon as shed,_x000D_ _x000D_ The sunshine of the breast.
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